Articles by Butler Shaffer

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The Amish and Mark Foley

Butler Shaffer on why integrity matters.

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10/10/2006

The War-Crazed Police State

Butler Shaffer on how a nation loses its soul.

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10/2/2006

It Was a Conspiracy

Butler Shaffer on 9/11.

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9/18/2006

The Bogeyman Industry

Eek, there's a Mexican Southerner Spaniard German Japanese Russian Korean Vietnamese Arab under your bed!!!

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9/12/2006

To End All Wars

We need only love our children and grandchildren more than the state.

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8/14/2006

The Manhattan Projection

Butler Shaffer on the US and the atom bomb.

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8/7/2006

The War Conspiracy

Butler Shaffer on how they train us for "glory."

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7/19/2006

The Price of Madness

Butler Shaffer on the results of 9/11.

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6/15/2006

The Death of the American State

Not with a bang, but a whimper.

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5/22/2006

The State Must Fail

The world is far too complex to be managed, says Butler Shaffer.

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5/11/2006

Off With His Head, Or Off With His Chains?

Butler Shaffer on the individual vs. the state.

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5/1/2006

Power Is What They Want

Butler Shaffer on statists of all stripes.

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4/25/2006

The War on Terrorism

In the People's Republic of Virginia.

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4/14/2006

Why Do We Fear Our Minds?

Butler Shaffer on shutting down dissident opinion.

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4/7/2006

An Anti-State Masterpiece

Butler Shaffer on V for Vendetta.

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3/20/2006

The Federal Lynch Mob

Butler Shaffer on what lies ahead now.

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3/17/2006

The Military-Industrial-Corruption Complex

Butler Shaffer on the best government money can buy.

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2/7/2006

The Google Conundrum

Butler Shaffer on taking a byte out of free expression.

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1/31/2006

Central Park Is Founded on Evil

So is eminent domain.

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1/18/2006

The Unfortunate Moral of Narnia

Butler Shaffer on myths, fables, fairy-tales, and the real world.

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1/18/2006

The Religion of the State

Worry about that horrific doctrine, not Intelligent Design, says Butler Shaffer.

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12/22/2005

The Deaths of Children

Butler Shaffer on being pro-life.

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12/13/2005

A Strategy for Survival

As individuals, and as a people.

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12/5/2005

If It’s Good Enough for ‘Scooter’

It's good enough for his bosses.

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11/2/2005

The Ethics of Aggression

Spare us, Col. Boylan.

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10/28/2005

Fear, Incivility, and the State

Butler Shaffer on irrational fear as a wrecker of civilization.

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10/21/2005

An Evening With Mr. Galloway

Butler Shaffer on what one person can do.

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9/26/2005

The Dehumanizing State

Against the life-giving market.

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9/16/2005

Power vs. the People

Butler Shaffer on how the state uses crises.

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9/12/2005

The Reich-Wing Attack on Cindy

Butler Shaffer on why she’s a threat.

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8/23/2005

The War Against Cindy

Butler Shaffer on tyranny pushed into a corner.

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8/15/2005

The ‘Struggle Against Extremism’

It's about the power and pelf of the state.

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8/1/2005

The Decline and Fall of Conservatism

Today, the cons celebrate madness, says Butler Shaffer.

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7/25/2005

The Truth About Suicide Bombing

It's politics in action, says Butler Shaffer.

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7/21/2005

Terrorism Is the State’s New Scarecrow

But it won't work, says Butler Shaffer.

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7/14/2005

Cui Bono Revisited

Butler Shaffer on who benefits from terrorist acts.

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7/8/2005

Cowardly Lynch Mob

Butler Shaffer on the warmongers in hiding.

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6/30/2005

The Hitler Icon

Butler Shaffer on Sen. Durbin's sin.

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6/21/2005

Fight the Power

Withhold your consent, says Butler Shaffer.

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6/14/2005

Democrazies

Butler Shaffer on the state religion and its murderous acolytes.

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6/9/2005

First the USSR, Then the EU, Then the US

Butler Shaffer on the decline of centralized power structures.

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6/3/2005

The Government War on Private Property

"Historic preservation" division.

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5/21/2005

No Room for Us on the Spectrum

Left and right are just two wings of the same bird of prey, says Butler Shaffer.

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5/11/2005

A Breaking Point for the State-Corporatist System

It cannot last, thank goodness.

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4/8/2005

The US State Is Terminal

Butler Shaffer on what will become of it.

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3/29/2005

Politics Is Anti-Life

Time to stop feeding the state, says Butler Shaffer.

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3/26/2005

Stateoids

Butler Shaffer on the really dangerous drugs.

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3/21/2005

Work for the Government?

Then your life is far more valuable than a taxpayer's.

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3/15/2005

Failure Is the Health of the State

Butler Shaffer on why the criminal band that rules us delights in fiascos.

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3/2/2005

The Establishment Media Are Going Down

Butler Shaffer on a victory for truth, freedom, and the web.

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2/21/2005